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A team of at least 24 athletes will compete at the London Olympics in three weeks time. Included in the team are a record five race walkers and four marathon runners. For the 4x400m squad, 400m hurdler Jessie Barr was picked ahead of 400m specialist Joanna Mills, but Mills was later added to the squad at […]

Wednesday July 4 Dublin Graded League Rd 4, Irishtown, 7pm. 100m, 400m, 1500m, 5000m; pole vault, long jump, discus. www.dublinathletics.com. EMC Cork BHAA 5km, Ovens, 8pm. C: Seamus Casey 021 4281845; www.corkbhaa.com. Coillte 10km, Dundrum, Co Tipperary, 8pm.Quality hand towel all finishers; prizes sen , masters, jun, course records, spots.  Also junior 5km. C: Michael […]

Wednesday July 4 Dublin Graded League Rd 4, Irishtown, 7pm. 100m, 400m, 1500m, 5000m; pole vault, long jump, discus. www.dublinathletics.com. EMC Cork BHAA 5km, Ovens, 8pm. C: Seamus Casey 021 4281845; www.corkbhaa.com. Coillte 10km, Dundrum, Co Tipperary, 8pm.Quality hand towel all finishers; prizes sen , masters, jun, course records, spots.  Also junior 5km. C: Michael […]

TRIATHLON: London-bound triathlete Aileen Morrison finished 14th at the Kitzbuhel World Series event in Austria – her final race before the Olympics. Morrison, in the middle of a heavy training block, came out of the water in 19th place. After a tough 40km cycle, where her group closed the gap on the leaders, she produced […]

TRIATHLON: London-bound triathlete Aileen Morrison finished 14th at the Kitzbuhel World Series event in Austria – her final race before the Olympics. Morrison, in the middle of a heavy training block, came out of the water in 19th place. After a tough 40km cycle, where her group closed the gap on the leaders, she produced […]

* Siofra Cleirigh Buttner, heading for the World Juniors next week, dug deep to win the 400m at last night’s Dublin Graded League, just beating Irish 800m champion Siobhan Eviston. Warming up for the National Championships in Santry was Clare Fitzgerald from Traleee, who won the discus. In Liege, no London 2012 marks for either […]

* Siofra Cleirigh Buttner, heading for the World Juniors next week, dug deep to win the 400m at last night’s Dublin Graded League, just beating Irish 800m champion Siobhan Eviston. Warming up for the National Championships in Santry was Clare Fitzgerald from Traleee, who won the discus. In Liege, no London 2012 marks for either […]

Jessie Barr Highlights: Paul Hession 200m, Brian Gregan 400m, Jessie Barr  400m hurdles all making finals; Stephanie Reilly finishing a repectable 12th in the steeplechase,  and Fionnuala Britton’s fourth place in the 10,000m.Point to ponder: why there were so many disqualifications in the sprints, and not just of the Irish. Day 5, Sunday July 1Women- […]

Jessie Barr Highlights: Paul Hession 200m, Brian Gregan 400m, Jessie Barr  400m hurdles all making finals; Stephanie Reilly finishing a repectable 12th in the steeplechase,  and Fionnuala Britton’s fourth place in the 10,000m.Point to ponder: why there were so many disqualifications in the sprints, and not just of the Irish. Day 5, Sunday July 1Women- […]

On a busy weekend for track and field, Raheny pole vaulter Zoe Brown proved the star with a new personal best of 4.20m at the Northern Ireland Team Championships. That puts Brown, previously the Irish record holder, second only behind American-based Tori Pena on 4.52m. At the Woodie’s DIY National Junior and U-23 Championships in […]